Addaboy1 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 FAREWELL BASH DUE AT FADING LIMELIGHT By DAN MANGAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------January 31, 2002 -- The lights at the controversial Limelight nightclub will go dim for the last time in mid-February - but not before the club tosses one final big bash. After that, the landmark former church on Sixth Avenue will undergo a $10 million facelift for a September reopening under a new name, a promoter told The Post yesterday. "It's going to be an unbelievable nightclub," said promoter Scott Sartiano, who is among those throwing the Limelight's "Last Dance" party on Feb. 16. Sartiano said that shindig is "going to be the end of an era." That's good news for some residents, who say the thumping music, street noise, drug dealing, ODs and other nuisances linked to Limelight have plagued them for years. Life without a nightclub as a neighbor, however temporary, "will be a welcome respite for the community," said Jack Lester, a lawyer who has represented area residents. "That facility has been the bane of residential existence in that neighborhood," Lester said. "It's just made life miserable there for people." One neighbor, Susan Finley, said the club - past, present and future - "is an outrage." She and others are backing an expected lawsuit challenging the State Liquor Authority's decision last month to award a new liquor license for the site. The SLA overruled Community Board 5's recommendation that the license be denied. The license was crucial for bankrupt Limelight owner Peter Gatien. Without it, he would be unable to sell the venue and pay off crippling debts. The new owners, a consortium headed by party promoter John Blair, and Debra Ashkenazy, who is married to Gatien's landlord, have promised to clean up the location's reputation. They have said their new, so-far-unnamed club will be "both neighborhood-friendly as well as an extraordinary new entertainment attraction for New Yorkers and visitors." Neither Blair nor Ashkenazy could be reached for comment yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jz343 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 "last dance" at limelight will be sunday, of prez day weekendthe event will be 18 to enter...stay tuned for more details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fierydesire Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Eh...big deal...it smelled like dust den when I went there? I heard it used to be much better years and years ago..now its just a raver dust smokin crowd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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